you and me both! this photo is amazing! pilates really kicks my abs and working out a balance ball/weights combo. but, ugh, i have let it all go with the move and everything-except for running which ain't doing nothing for my abs. i am doing yoga and that really works your abs without you realizing it so try that!

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and i had to add-your boobs look fantastic! no more stuff about them being too big! this costume rocks! wedding dress now, abs later!

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LOL thanks! Sadly my boobs have gone up...1 or 2 sizes? since this picture.

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we all are changing all the time-nothing stays the same!

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best boobs ever!!! hee heee
Girl , you are beautiful! Belly baring shirts or not!:P You rock it all over , gorgeous!

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<3 (shines the mirror badge) :)

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seriously , woman! You are gorgeous. I know we all want to change certain parts of ourselves. I wish my tummy was smaller. but we try to do what we can. but a flatter belly doesn't change or enhance what fabulous and beautiful people we are!!!!
oxoxoxoxo
btw have you checked out my new candle shop yet?

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You are so damn good for my self-confidence!!

And not yet!! Do you have the link handy??

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http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5107511

Well Im glad hun.. cause you are a beautiful person:)

xoox

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Nice! You have some yummy looking things there, and the photography is excellent...makes them VERY appealing. I'll have to keep them in mind for birthday presents :)

And btw...got the invite today! Sooo sweet! Thank you! I'll have to search just how far a drive it'd be.

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YAY!!!! Im glad you got this invite. We totally understand if u cant make it. I mean the drive is long and renting a room, etc. but we just wanted to invite you cause you are such a great person and a good friend:)
Thanks so much! I try to always give a nice setting to my photography. I dont like plain backgrounds.. lol thanks so much hun:)
xoxo

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Tom looked at the invite and said "oh hon, this is pretty darn far away." LOL. So likely we won't be making it, but I'm so glad I got to see the gorgeous invites and feel loved!!

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oh u are muchly loved, girl:) I'm always telling Stu about you and he even asked" so are you inviting that girl from Ohio?" hee heee he is so cute!
I totally understand hun. No worries. I just wanted to let you guys know you were welcomed:)
We will have to meet face to face one day:) You are a true doll!:)
And thanks! Stu worked hard on them:)
xoxoxo

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Aww...I'd love to meet you sometime!!!

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Would it be impertinent of me were I to say "HOT DAMN"?

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No, it would make me happy :D

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Okay then. HOT DAMN! You were gorgeous then and you're just as gorgeous now!

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Aww. Hooray!

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My husband would have loved this picture! Very nice!

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Aww...thanks!

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OMG!!!! I have the same dream!!!!! I knew there was a reason we got along.

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(joins hands and sings the song of flat stomachs)

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That dream lives in the Land that Never Was for me, kiddo! =)

I second the wedding dress now, abs later sentiment along with the not at all impertinent Hot Damn sentiment!! You'll want to enjoy your honeymoon without obsessing over crunches and whatnot, anyway. Tackle that when you get back.

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Thank goodness for corsets, huh? Otherwise I'd be panicking about the flat stomach. As it is, I love the way I look in the un-boned bodice already...I can't wait to see what it looks like done!! ;)

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You look really fierce, like you could kick some serious butt:)

Love the pale skin/red outfit combo, beautiful!!!!

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LOL...don't mess with a redhead with a gun ;)

Thank you! It was a fun outfit to wear...and this costume was the original reason why I bought the neon green contacts.

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You look amazing!

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Thank you! It was definitely a fun costume. Funny thing about DragonCon...leaving my hotel room, I was so self-conscious to be so "scantily clad" but as soon as I got to the con, I felt totally fine. There's a looooooot of flesh on display there :D

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rrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrraow. Oh baby. What is it the kids say today? You got it going on. (Then and now. I don't think you look very different!)

I'd also like to bare my midriff again someday but I'm worried the almost-40 flab has set in for good, no matter what I do. (Not that I am doing anything.) I'm not really heavier than I was 3 years ago but my body looks so different, alas.

I'm so mad that when I was like 28 or 30 and weighed 105-110, I was very shy about showing my midriff. My extreme self-conscious made for a wasted youth in certain ways. lol

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(grin) I put up this post to resolve myself to work out more often, and the responses here have got my ego thoroughly stroked!!

I can soooo relate on the regretting not being more confident when I was thinner bit though. In college I actually got down to 103 lbs...which was NOT healthy, and it was NOT for good reasons, but point being, I was about 125ish for most of that time, and now I think "oohhh why didn't you show it off moreeeeeeeee???"

And for the record, I think your "almost 40 body" is SEXAH AS HELLL

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In college I actually got down to 103 lbs...which was NOT healthy

Oh my god no!! With your height and build?? You were way too thin!!

103 is my exact optimal "thinnest" weight, I figure, because when my weight was below that, even 2 pounds below, my breasts disappeared. Above that, even at 104, there they were in all their 36B glory. (Now they are C and I am not pleased. I know, I know. Just call me pascalbijou!!)

And for the record, I think your "almost 40 body" is SEXAH AS HELLL

You haven't seen me naked. lol But still... what a nice thing to hear!!

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I was absolutely way too thin. That was during the time that I would argue I struggled with something like, if not, anorexia. Not-eating was the only way to be in control of something in my life, when I felt like my parents were trying to control everything else about me.

And btw...I haven't seen you naked, no, but we have tried on clothes together, and I still say you're quite the looker :P

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